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High Leverage Practices

HLP/TPE Alignment Resource

HLP 16: Use explicit instruction.

Make content, skills, and concepts explicit by showing and telling students what to do or think while solving problems, enacting strategies, completing tasks, and classifying concepts. Use explicit instruction when students are learning new material and complex concepts and skills. Strategically choose examples and non-examples and language to facilitate student understanding, anticipate common misconceptions, highlight essential content, and remove distracting information. Model and scaffold steps or processes needed to understand content and concepts, apply skills, and complete tasks successfully and independently.

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U TPE 1.4

Use a variety of developmentally and ability-appropriate instructional strategies, resources, and assistive technology, including principles of Universal Design of Learning (UDL) and Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) to support access to the curriculum for a wide range of learners within the general education classroom and environment.

MMSN 1.9 (pdf)
ESN 1.9 (pdf)

U TPE 1.5 

Promote students' critical and creative thinking and analysis through activities that provide opportunities for inquiry, problem solving, responding to and framing meaningful questions, and reflection.

HLP - 16